You'll Always Be My Hero JAI #468

Happy Friday folks and welcome 😊It's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week Lou has a gorgeous clean and elegant Sketch for us all to use.

You can use the sketch exactly as it is above or flip it around for whatever suits your project. Our lovely design team have all created gorgeous cards to inspire you so I hope you can pop on over and take a peek and we'd love you to join us.

I needed a male "thank you" card and looking through my stamp collection I came across the retired  Everyday Hero set and decided to give it a whirl.

First, I stamped the Wow bubble and created a mask before using Distress Inks to create a sky background.

Superman and his Wow bubble were coloured with Copics and the city sky scrapers were stamped on Smoky Slate card a couple of times and enough fussy cut to fill the space.

The Stamparatus makes putting the head and body together Super Easy 😄

And add a few metallic sequins and this Super Hero themed male card is ready for delivery!

Card Stock: Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Everyday Hero (retired)

Accessories: Metallic Sequin Assortment

Non SU: Distress Inks (TH/Ranger) Copic Markers

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop on over to Just Add Ink and we'd love to see your take on this clean and elegant sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Super Cake Crazy for JAI #383

Happy Friday everyone and welcome!! The garden is really beginning to show off it's Spring colours and it reminds me of why this is my favourite time of year. The bottle brushes, roses and other shrubs are all in full bloom and the veggie garden has us well supplied for Spring salads already - yum :-)

Also very yummy is this week's new challenge at Just Add Ink where Chloe has suggested that we Just Add...Cake this week :-) The design team have created such a wonderful array of cakes to inspire you so I hope that you might be able to pop on over and take a look and join us.

I don't have any traditional cake images in my collection and so chose to go with a retired set that has a mixture of shapes and words to build a cake. It's also come at the perfect time to celebrate my "super" brother's birthday too. I always try and make something a bit interactive for his birthday and so this year it was time for a magic slider card. When you pull up the tab who should appear...???

Yes, Superman of course :-)

He makes an appearance on the inside as well and he is coloured with Copics.

The Slider action is reasonably simple to create for something that has a wow effect. There is a similar tab of card stock around the bottom of the piece of acetate only it is cut longer than the slit in the card front to stop it coming right out when pulled. I also used the Thick Whisper White for added strength too.

To make sure there was plenty of room under the top layer of card for the slide action, to take place I used the Foam Strips and also placed some close to the sides of where the acetate runs too to act as guard rails to keep it running straight. Rubbing the sides of the foam strips with an Embossing Buddy will stop it sticking to the acetate and ensure it slides freely.

Card stock: Pacific Point, Basic Black, Whisper White (thick and standard), Window Sheet

Ink: Pacific Point, Momento Tuxedo Black, Black Stazon (on the acetate), Versamark

Stamps: Cake Crazy (retired), Everyday Hero (retired), Labeller Alphabet 

Accessories: Silver EP, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Foam Adhesive Strips

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink  and see all the fabulous designs from our lovely design team and I look forward to seeing what cakes you'll create to share with us this week.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan